Basic Writings of Mo Tzu, Hsun Tzu, and Han Fei Tzu

Burton Watson

March, 1967
Cloth, 135 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-02515-7
$42.50 / £25.00

Introduction

Honoring the Worthy

Identifying with One's Superior

Universal Love

Against Offensive Warfare

Moderation in Expenditure

Moderation in Funerals

The Will of Heaven

Explaining Ghosts

Against Music

Against Fatalism

Against Confucians

Index

Related Subjects

• Asian/Islamic Philosophy

About the Author

Burton Watson is one of the world’s best-known translators from the Chinese and Japanese. His translations include The Lotus Sutra, The Vimalakirti Sutra, Ryokan: Zen Monk-Poet of Japan, Saigyo: Poems of a Mountain Home, and The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry: From Early Times to the Thirteenth Century, all published by Columbia.

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